Family: Apocynaceae
Blackboard Tree, Indian Devil Tree, Ditabark, Milkwood Pine, White Cheesewood, Saptaparni
Origin: Southeastern Asia
The tree has white, strongly perfumed flowers and is cultivated as an ornamental plant. The bark used to serve as an alternative to quinine.
Alstonia scholaris is a very useful herb as blood purifier, anti bacterial, skin diseases and respiratory distress. rejuvenates digestive system so it is used in chronic dysentery, diarrhea. Alstonia also works well in skin disorders, malarial fever, urticaria. Besides all this Alstonia is also useful as a cytotoxic herb so it is also used in cancerous growth in the body.
Effect on Doshas: ·
- Saptaparna is tridoshaghna, especially kaphavatashamak.
Saptaparna is used for the treatment of disease which arise due to tridosha and kaphavata